Psalms 82
God Commands Justice
A psalm of Asaph. ▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1God stands in the divine assembly; ▼▼Or “assembly of El ”
he administers judgment in the midst of the gods. ▼
▼Hebrew elohim
2“How long will you judge unjustly
and ⌞show favoritism to the wicked⌟? ▼
▼Literally “lift up the faces of the wicked”
Selah 3Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;
provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.
4Rescue the helpless and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5They do not know or consider. ▼
▼Or “understand”
They go about in the darkness,
so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6I have said, ▼
▼Hebrew “I, I have said”
“You are gods,and sons of the Most High, all of you.
7However, you will die like men, ▼
▼Singular
and you will fall like one of the princes.”
8Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
because you shall inherit ▼
▼Or “receive an inheritance”
all the nations.
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